The novel is not only a literary form occupying a particular generic orcultural territory, but also an aesthetic, historical and socialphenomenon that represents, constructs, and transgresses borders. Theconference on The Novel and its Borderswill engage with the novel in all its aspects, material and theoretical,from the 18th to the 21st century.

Plenary speakers: Malcolm Bowie, Jonathan Lamb, Terry Castle

Panel topics will include the following:

Genealogies of the novelHistories of the bookMemory, History and Narrative timeTransatlantic crossingsTravel narrativesLibraries, Archives, MarketsBorders of the mindTerritories of the body, novel sexualitiesThe novel and translationThe novel and real/imagined communitiesThe novel and old/new mediaMaterialities of the novelTransport of/in the novelThe novel and the cityThe novel and the nationTechnology, science and the novelRealism and its borders (The experimental novel)The novel and its critical fields (Theories of the novel)